Hosiery-shipping receptacle.



P-. F. VOGEL.

HOSIERY-SHIPPING RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, \918.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

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PAUL F. VOGEL, or BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

HOSIERY-SHIPPING RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratettea Oct. s, 1918.

Application filed Januar 24, 1918. Serial no. 213,587.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL F. VOGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belleville, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hosiery-Shipping Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists of a receptacle for the shipment of hosiery and is intended for the conservation of space in transportation, both while empty and while filled, and also a reduction in the amount of labor in filling the same. The material used in the manufacture of this receptacle is cheaper than that now used, but equally efhcient. Moreover it has been intimated that the Government may prohibit the manufacture or use of strawboard which is the material heretofore customarily used in the manufacture of hosiery cartons and in that event, or in order to enable economy in the use of strawboard, the receptacles of this present invention will be found a suitable and advantageous substitute.

In actual practice in the use of this invention it has been found that a saving of 40% in space in freight cars, ships, warehouses, and the like is effected and that a saving of 4.0% in freight charges is like-wise made. While the cost of the receptacles is only 50% of the cartons now in universal use, and there is also an economy of 50% in the cost of labor in filling hosiery into these receptacles compared with those that are now generally used.

The usual container for hosiery now in general use is an oblong box of such length as is necessary for the hose contained therein, or to be placed therein, which box is provided with a flanged cover. When shipped from the box manufacturer to the hosiery mill, the empty space within each box is wasted because the box is stiff and does not fold up and must notbe; crushed. 7 This is like using transportation space to ship that much air.

The receptacles of the present invention can, in contradistinction, be shipped so flat as to occupy the space each of only about that x of three thicknesses of paper of the kind of which the same are composed. Thus many times the number of these receptacles can be shipped from the receptacle manufacturer to the hosiery mill in the space occupied by one carton of the kind now in use.

When filled with hosiery, these receptacles do not occupy as much space as the cartons now in use, nor weigh so much. They are materially lighter than former hosiery receptacles. This saving in weight by the receptacles of this invention amounts to about 6 ounces per package of one dozen hose and 8 ounces per pacakge containing two halfdozen hose.

Practical hosiery packers will readily understand as person skilled in the art to which this invention pertains the saving of labor that is accomplished when these new receptacles are used for the packing of hosiery instead of the boxes or cartons heretofore in use.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of this invention, showing the receptacle lying nearly flat but partly expanded;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an alternative form of such receptacle;

Fig. 3 is a sectional View of the line 3-3 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a spoon or filler, preferably used in conjunction with the form of this invention depicted in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the line 55 in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

The receptacles 1 and 2 are each collapsible, compressible and expansible. This is due to the plaited side 3 and ends 4.- of the form of receptacle shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5 and to the plaited sides 5 and end 6 of the form shownin Fig. 2.

The flaps 7 and 8 are adapted to closeover the mouths, of receptacles 1 and 2, respectively, whether the same be open or closed, extending, however, a little father when the said receptacles are empty than when the 7 same. are full.

in as found at the time of reception from the envelop or box manufacturer, while flap 11 has been partially turned out preparatory ference, that in Fig. 1 the envelop is understood to be empty while in Fig. 3 the contents, viz., a plurality of pairs of hose, is

shown and indicated by the reference numeral 15.

When it is desired to load the receptacle shown in Fig, 1, however, half a dozen or any other desired number of pairs of hose will be laid on the flap 7 (withboth flaps l1 and 12.entirely out-turned) while the hand or'fingers stretchthe top from the bottom of the receptacle, whereupon the said hose are easily and conveniently pushed within the container, the flaps 11 and 12 are closed to the position occupied in the draw ings by flap 11, the flap 7 is then closed over, and the cord 10 wrapped around button 9. The distention thus obtained of receptacle 1 makes the plait in its, back-side and ends assume the position substantially such as shown in Fig. 3, while the part 16 of flap 7 makes a straight side resembling thatlof a box The entire package as thus put up is a substantially rectangular box-like package, light, neat, secure, and easy to handle.

The manner of use of the longitudinal package shown in Fig.7 2, is substantially the same as that just described, but if, because of its length, difliculty be found in inserting the hose therein, a spoon or leader or feeder 17 may beused, the same being provided with a nose 18. When the device 17 is used the pile of socks to be introduced into the receptacle 2 will be laid thereon, and the socks and the feeder 17 can then easily be pushed to the extreme innerend of receptacle 2. The spoon 17 can then be either left in the package or withdrawn asv may be desired the nose 18 being so formed as easily to lie down when pulled against the pile of socks, if the pile of socks is gently heldby slight. pressure of the hand at any suitable place.

Vvhen packed in either of the hereindescribed receptacles one hundred dozen ho se will occupy no more space than sixty dozen hose according to the mode of. packing ho-. siery now generally practised and in the cartons now in common use. p 7

It willbe observed that the receptacles of either Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 can be very simply and cheaply made fro ma blank consisting of a body portion havingthe' projections that form the flap 7 and ends a with the overlapping pieces 19 inFig. 1 or similar parts mutatis mu'zfamlis in Fig. 2.

Having thus described this. invention, I hereby reserve the benefit ofall changesin form, arrangement, order, or use of parts, as it is evident thatmany minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of this invention or the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

A hosiery receptacle comprising a back portion, a front portion, a bottom, a flap of sufficient length toextend from the back to and over the front portion, end portions which extend beyond the edge of the front portion and which are transverselycreased adjacent the edge of said front portion, the ends being plaited in one direction onone side of the creases and the extended portions being plaited in the opposite directions on the opposite side of the creases, whereby the extendedportions of the sides maybe folded inwardly and the plaits thereof and the plaits of said sides nested tqpermitofthe plaited portions collapsingwhen the receptacle is folded fiat, or whensaid receptacle is open said extended portions may 5 be thrown outwardly across the-open rend between the back and front portions to serve as retainers to hold the contents of the receptacle in place, and means for securing the flap to the receptacle. i

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